IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fernline
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991MT089018
  • User Pedon ID: 91MT089018
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0863
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63901
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 47.9658318
  • Std. Longitude: -115.7186127
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 32W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 1900 feet N and 500 feet W of the SE corner
  • State: Montana
  • County: MT089—Sanders

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 18
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fernline
  • Classificaton Date - 11/30/2007
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Power City
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, frigid Andic Haploxeralf
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - xeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
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    O—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); fragments. forest litter
    Bs—8 to 31 centimeters (3.1 to 12.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P05212. common very fine and fine roots
    2E—31 to 44 centimeters (12.2 to 17.3 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P05213. common very fine and fine roots
    2E/B—44 to 61 centimeters (17.3 to 24.0 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4) and pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), brown (7.5YR 5/4) and pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), moist; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 15 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P05214. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine and fine roots
    2Bt—61 to 94 centimeters (24.0 to 37.0 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4) and pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), brown (7.5YR 5/4) and pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), moist; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; 37 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P05215. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine and fine roots
    2BC—94 to 160 centimeters (37.0 to 63.0 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4) and pinkish white (7.5YR 8/2), brown (7.5YR 5/4) and pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), moist; silty clay; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 91P05216. common very fine and fine roots